My experience with that show mirrored yours for much the same reasons. Though I always liked the opening theme, the few times I watched it I'd fall asleep. But as years passed I grew a lot more fond of westerns, though it takes very special qualities for me to add a particular title to my...
Any chance CBS MOD or someone will release this on DVD? I saw the 1967 movie version a few times on late night TV long ago after Universal had added those alleged (?) 20-odd minutes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Slow_Fade_to_Black